THE READING COMPREHENSION OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF MTs NURUL ULUM WELAHAN JEPARA IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013 BY USING HOT POTATOES SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS
By AKHSAN SOBIRIN NIM 200832241
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MURIA KUDUS 2013 i
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THE READING COMPREHENSION OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF MTs NURUL ULUM WELAHAN JEPARA IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013 BY USING HOT POTATOES SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS
SKRIPSI Presented to the University of Muria Kudus in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Completing the Sarjana Program in English Education
By: AKHSAN SOBIRIN NIM 200832241
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MURIA KUDUS 2013 iii
MOTTO AND DEDICATION
MOTTO: ∞ Let’s start the day with Bismillahirrohmanirrohiim ∞ Never give up and keep trying. ∞ Don’t judge the book by the cover
DEDICATION This skripsi is dedicated to: 1. His beloved parents 2. His beloved sister and brother 3. His best friends (Adis, Resha Adi N, Yongky SAN, Machfaud, Choirul Annam) 4. For all his lecturers on Muria Kudus University 5. All of His friends in UMK
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ADVISORS’ APPROVAL
This is to certify that the Skripsi of Akhsan Sobirin (200832241) has been approved by the skripsi advisors for further approval by the Examining committee.
Kudus,
September 2013
Advisor I
Dr. H.A. Hilal Madjdi, M.Pd NIS. 061071320001020
Advisor II
Ahdi Riyono, SS, M.Hum NIS. 0610701000001160
Acknowledged by The Faculty of Teacher Training and Education Dean,
Dr. Slamet Utomo, M.Pd NIP. 196212191987031001 v
EXAMINERS’ APPROVAL This is to certify that the Skripsi of Akhsan Sobirin (200832241) has been approved by the Examining Committee as a requirement for the Sarjana Degree in the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language.
Kudus,
September 2013
Examining Committee
Diah Kurniati, S.Pd, M.Pd NIS. 0610701000001190
Chairman
Agung Dwi N. S.S, M.Pd NIS. 0610701000001187
Member
Rismiyanto, S.S, M.Pd NIS. 0610701000001146
Member
Rusiana, S.Pd, M.Pd NIS. 0610701000001226
Member
Acknowledged by The Faculty of Teacher Training and Education Dean,
Dr. Slamet Utomo, M.Pd NIP. 196212191987031001 vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
In this occasion, the researcher would like to say thanks to Allah SWT for all of mercy and blessing to the researcher with health, power and motivation to finish his skripsi entitled “The Reading Comprehensionof The Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2012/2013 by Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications.” Furthermore, the researcher would like to express the sincerity gratitude and appreciation for the available assistance given by many people in finishing this research. They are: 1. Dr. Slamet Utomo, M.Pd, the Dean of Teacher Training and Education Faculty University of Muria Kudus. 2. Diah Kurniati, S.Pd, M.Pd as the Head of English Education Department of Teacher Training and Education of Muria Kudus University. 3. Dr. H.A. Hilal Madjdi, M.Pd as the first advisor. Thanks for all your best suggestions, guidance, advice, and motivation to the researcher in finishing this final project. 4. Ahdi Riyono, SS, M.Hum as the second advisor. Thanks for all your valuable help, advice, guidance, and motivation to the researcher in finishing this final project. 5. Shodikin, S.Ag, S.Pd as the Headmaster of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara who has given the researcher a permission to do the research and support the researcher in writing this skripsi. vii
6. The English teacher of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara, Drs. Hasan As’ari, for help, and all of the students of eighth grade students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the academic year 2012/2013. 7. His beloved parents who always give prayer, support, motivation and moral encouragement to finish his skripsi. 8. His beloved sister and brother, who always give support and affection. 9. All of his beloved best friends, Adis, Resha Adi N, Yongky SAN, Machfaud, Choirul Annam, for prayer, help and support. 10. All of his friends in UMK Those cannot be mentioned one by one for the support. The researcher expects that everything has been writing in this research will be useful for all the readers and the researcher himself. Some suggestions and criticisms are always needed to make it better.
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ABSTRACT
Sobirin, Akhsan. 2013. The Reading Comprehension of The Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2012/2013 by Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications. Skripsi. English Education Department, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Muria Kudus University. Advisor: (i) Dr. H.A. Hilal Madjdi, M.Pd (ii) Ahdi Riyono, SS, M.Hum. Key words: Reading Comprehension, Recount Text, Hot Potatoes Software Applications Reading is one of important skills in learning language. It is also a means of recreation and enjoyment. At the same time, it enlarges knowledge and improves the technological achievement. Students can know information of the text by reading comprehension. However, many students get difficulties in reading material, for example recount text. Because of that, teacher should use media of teaching that can develop the reading comprehension of the students. Hot potatoes software applications is one of the teaching media that can be used in teaching reading to develop the students’ reading skill. Therefore, the researcher applies hot potatoes software applications media for the eighth grade students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the academic year 2012/2013 to develop their reading comprehension of recount text because they confused in understanding it. The objective of the research is to find out whether there is a significant difference between the reading comprehension of the eighth grade students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the academic year 2012/2013 before and after being taught by using hot potatoes software applications as a media. The design of this research is experimental research. It is done at the eighth grade students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the academic year 2012/2013. The researcher took VIII B as the quasi experiment research as the sample by using cluster random sampling. The quasi experiment research taught with hot potatoes software applications media. The researcher uses Recount text as the material, because based on the KTSP curriculum, the reading material for the eighth grade students in MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the academic year 2012/2013 in the even semester. The researcher prepares 25 questions of completing sentence of narrative text. The result of the experiment shows that the calculation of t-test, with the level of significance 5%, the Degree of freedom (Df) 27, and t-table (tt) 2.06, the tobservation (to) obtained is 12.37. In other words, t-observation is higher than ttable (to>tt). In detail, the reading comprehension of the eighth grade students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the academic year 2012/2013 after being taught by using hot potatoes software applications categorized is “good”. It is showed by the mean of the test is 85.18 and standard deviation is 5.42. It is higher ix
than the Mean of the reading comprehension of the eighth grade students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the academic year 2012/2013 before being taught by using hot potatoes software applications is 69.5 and standard deviation is 7.39. It is categorized as “sufficient”. Based on the result above, it means that hot potatoes software applications media works well to develop student’s reading comprehension. It can be concluded that there is a significant difference between the reading comprehension of the eighth grade students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the academic year 2012/2013 before and after being taught by using hot potatoes software applications. Thus, the researcher suggests that the teachers can use hot potatoes software applications as a media in teaching reading material because it proved that it works well in improving the reading comprehension of students. The students should motivate and improve their comprehension, so they can do the task well.
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ABSTRAKSI
Sobirin, Akhsan. 2013. Kemampuan Membaca Siswa Kelas VIII MTs Nurul Ulum Tahun Ajaran 2012/2013 Diajar dengan Menggunakan Hot Potatoes Software Applications sebagai sebuah Media. Skripsi. Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas Muria Kudus. Pembimbing: (i) Dr. H.A. Hilal Madjdi, M.Pd (ii) Ahdi Riyono, SS, M.Hum. Kata Kunci: kemampuan Membaca, Teks Recount, Perangkat Aplikasi Hot Potatoes Membaca adalah salah satu keterampilan penting dalam belajar bahasa. Ini juga merupakan sarana rekreasi dan kenikmatan. Pada saat yang sama, memperluas pengetahuan dan meningkatkan pencapaian teknologi. Siswa dapat mengetahui informasi dari teks dengan kemampuan membaca. Namun, banyak siswa mendapatkan kesulitan dalam bahan bacaan , misalnya teks recount. Karena itu, guru harus menggunakan media pembelajaran yang dapat mengembangkan kemampuan membaca siswa. Perangkat aplikasi Hot Potatoes adalah salah satu media pembelajaran yang dapat digunakan dalam pengajaran membaca untuk mengembangkan keterampilan membaca siswa. Oleh karena itu, peneliti menggunakan media perangkat aplikasi Hot Potatoes untuk siswa kelas VIII MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara pada tahun akademik 2012/2013 untuk mengembangkan kemampuan membaca teks recount mereka karena mereka kebingungan dalam memahaminya. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui apakah ada perbedaan yang signifikan antara kemampuan membaca siswa kelas VIII MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara pada tahun akademik 2012/2013 sebelum dan sesudah diajarkan dengan menggunakan perangkat aplikasi hot potatoes sebagai media. Desain penelitian ini adalah penelitian eksperimental. Hal ini dilakukan pada siswa kelas VIII MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara pada tahun akademik 2012/2013. Peneliti mengambil VIII B sebagai sampel penelitian eksperimen kuasi dengan menggunakan cluster random sampling (pengambilan sample secara acak). Penelitian quasi eksperimen diajarkan dengan media perangkat aplikasi Hot Potatoes. Setelah mereka diajarkan selama lima pertemuan mereka mengerjakan post test untuk membandingkan hasilnya. Peneliti menggunakan Recount teks sebagai materi, karena berdasarkan atas kurikulum KTSP dengan bahan bacaan untuk siswa kelas VIII di MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara pada tahun akademik 2012/2013 di semester genap. Peneliti mempersiapkan 25 pertanyaan pilihan ganda berdasarkan teks recount. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa perhitungan t -test, dengan tingkat signifikansi 5 %, Derajat kebebasan ( Df ) 27, dan t-tabel (tt) 2,06, tobservasi (to) yang diperoleh adalah 12.37. Dengan kata lain, t-observasi lebih xi
besar dari t-tabel (to>tt). Secara rinci, kemampuan membaca siswa kelas VIII MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara pada tahun akademik 2012/2013 setelah diajarkan dengan menggunakan perangkat aplikasi hot potatoes dikategorikan "baik". Hal ini ditunjukkan oleh rata-rata dari tes ini adalah 85,18 dan standar deviasi 5,42. Ini lebih tinggi dari hasil rata-rata dari kemampuan membaca siswa kelas VIII MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara pada tahun akademik 2012/2013 sebelum diajarkan dengan menggunakan perangkat aplikasi hot potatoes adalah 69,5 dan standar deviasi adalah 7.39. Hal ini dikategorikan sebagai "cukup". Berdasarkan hasil di atas, itu berarti bahwa media perangkat aplikasi hot Potatoes yang bekerja dengan baik untuk mengembangkan kemampuan membaca siswa. Oleh karena itu, guru bahasa Inggris dapat menerapkan media perangkat aplikasi hot potatoes sebagai media alternatif dalam proses pembelajaran. Hal ini dapat disimpulkan bahwa ada perbedaan yang signifikan antara kemampuan membaca siswa kelas VIII MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara pada tahun akademik 2012/2013 sebelum dan sesudah diajarkan dengan menggunakan perangkat aplikasi hot potatoes. Dengan demikian, peneliti menyarankan bahwa guru dapat menggunakan perangkat aplikasi hot potatoes sebagai media dalam bahan bacaan mengajar karena terbukti bahwa itu bekerja dengan baik dalam meningkatkan kemampuan membaca siswa. Para siswa harus termotivasi dan meningkatkan kemampuan mereka, sehingga mereka dapat melakukan tugas dengan baik .
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Page COVER ........................................................................................................ i LOGO........................................................................................................... ii TITLE........................................................................................................... iii MOTTO AND DEDICATION...................................................................... iv ADVISORS’ APPROVAL ........................................................................... v EXAMINERS’ APPROVAL ....................................................................... vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ........................................................................... vii ABSTRACT ................................................................................................. ix ABSTRAKSI ................................................................................................ x TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................. xii LIST OF TABLES ....................................................................................... xvi LIST OF FIGURES ...................................................................................... xvii LIST OF APPENDICES ............................................................................... xviii LIST OF FORMULAS ................................................................................. xx CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Research ..................................................................
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1.2 Statement of the Problem.................................................................. ........
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1.3 Objective of the Research ......................................................................
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1.4 Significance of the Research .................................................................
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1.5 Limitation of the Research ....................................................................
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1.6 Operational Definition ...........................................................................
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CHAPTER II: REVIEW TO RELATED LITERATURE AND HYPOTHESIS 2.1 Teaching English in MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara ..........................
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2.1.1 The Curiculum of Teaching English in MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara ..................................................................................................
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2.1.2 The Purpose of Teaching English in MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara ..................................................................................................
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2.1.3 The Material of Teaching English in MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara ..................................................................................................
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2.1.4 The Strategis of Teaching English in MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara ..................................................................................................
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2.1.5 Characteristic of the Eight Grade Students of Mts Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara ....................................................................................
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2.2 Teaching of Reading ..............................................................................
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2.2.1 Reading as a Language Skill ................................................................
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2.2.2 Reading Comprehension ......................................................................
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2.2.3 The Purpose of Reading Comprehension..............................................
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2.3 Genre .....................................................................................................
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2.3.1 Types of Genre ....................................................................................
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2.3.2 Recount Text .......................................................................................
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2.4 Computer Assisted Language Learning ..................................................
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2.5 Hot Potatoes Software Application .........................................................
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2.5.1 The Steps of Using HPSA as a Media in Teaching Reading .................
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2.6 Previous Research ..................................................................................
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2.7 Theoretical Framework .........................................................................
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2.8 Hypothesis ............................................................................................
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CHAPTER III: METHOD OF THE RESEARCH 3.1 Design of the Research ........................................................................... xiv
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3.2 Population and Sample ...........................................................................
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3.3 Instrument of the Research .....................................................................
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3.4 Data Collection ......................................................................................
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3.5 Data Analysis .........................................................................................
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CHAPTER IV: FINDING OF THE RESEARCH 4.1 The Significant Difference of the Reading Comprehension of Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara before and after being Taught Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications in Academic Year 2012/2013 .....................................................................
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4.1.1 The Reading Comprehension of Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara before being Taught by Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications in Academic Year 2012/2013St ..........
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4.1.2 The Reading Comprehension of Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara after being Taught by Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications in Academic Year 2012/2013 .............
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4.2 Hypothesis Testing .................................................................................
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CHAPTER V: DISCUSSION 5.1 The Reading Comprehension of Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara before being Taught by Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications in Academic Year 2012/2013................
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5.2 The Reading Comprehension of Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara after being Taught by Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications in Academic Year 2012/2013................
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5.3 The Significant Difference between the Reading Comprehension of Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara before and after being Taught Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications in Academic Year 2012/2013 .....................................................................
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CHAPTER VI: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 6.1 Conclusion ............................................................................................
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6.2 Suggestion ............................................................................................
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BIBLIOGRAPHY ......................................................................................... APPENDICES ............................................................................................. CURRICULUM VITAE ..............................................................................
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LIST OF TABLES Table
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The Assessment Criteria of the Reading Comprehension...............
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The Reading Comprehension of Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara before being Taught by Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications in Academic Year 2012/2013 .....................................................................................
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Frequency of Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara before being Taught by Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications in Academic Year 2012/2013 ....................
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The Reading Comprehension of Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara after being Taught by Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications in Academic Year 2012/2013 .....................................................................................
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Frequency Distribution of the Reading Comprehension of Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara after being Taught by Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications in Academic Year 2012/2013 ...................................
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The Summary of T-Test Result of Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in Academic Year 2012/2013 .....................................................................................
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LIST OF FIGURES Figure
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Design of One-Group Experiment .................................................
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The Bar Chart of the Reading Comprehension of Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara before being Taught by Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications in Academic Year 2012/2013 ............................................................
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The Bar Chart of the Reading Comprehension of Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara after being Taught by Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications in Academic Year 2012/2013 ............................................................
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LIST OF APPENDICES Appendix 1
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The Syllabus Reading Material of the Eighth Grade of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic year 2012/2013 .......................................
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Lesson Plan of Teaching Reading Comprehension of Recount Text in the Academic Year 2012/2013 Taught by using Hot potatoes software Applications...........................................................................
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Students Worksheet .............................................................................
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Key Answer of Student Worksheet ......................................................
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The Pre Test of the Reading Comprehension of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2012/2013 ............................................................................................
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Key Answer of Pre Test .......................................................................
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The Table Specification of the Reading Comprehension of Recount Text .......................................................................................
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The Post Test of the Reading Comprehension of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2012/2013 ...................................................................................
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Key Answer of the Post Test ................................................................
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Index of Reliability ..............................................................................
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The Calculation of Reliability of the Try Out Test ...............................
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The Score of the Reading Comprehension of the Eeighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara before being Taught by Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications in Academic Year 2012/2013 ...........................................................................................
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The Calculation of Mean and Standard Deviation of Pre Test Score of the Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the Eeighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara before being Taught by Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications in Academic Year 2012/2013 .................................................................................
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The Score of the Reading Comprehension of the Eeighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara after being Taught xix
by Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications in Academic Year 2012/2013 ...........................................................................................
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The Calculation of Mean and Standard Deviation of Post Test Score of the Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of the Eeighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara before being Taught by Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications in Academic Year 2012/2013 .............................................................
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Table of T-observation of Significant Difference between Pre-Test and Post-Test of the Reading Comprehension of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2012/2013 Taught by Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications as a Media ......................................................................
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The List of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Nurul Ulum Welahan Jepara in the Academic Year 2012/2013 Taught by Using Hot Potatoes Software Applications .....................................................
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Keterangan Selesai Bimbingan.............................................................
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Statement .............................................................................................
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LIST OF FORMULAS Formula
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Formula of Calculating Reliability of the Test ......................................
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Formula of Calculating Mean...............................................................
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Formula of Calculating Deviation Standard..........................................
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